# Niantic funding: rounds and investors

> Niantic has raised $745M across 3 rounds since 2017. Investors include Battery Ventures, Spark Capital/ Founders Fund and Y Combinator.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/niantic (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Series D startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Niantic*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 15 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Consumer Apps Gaming VR & AR

Valuation: $9.0B, Mar 2026

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$745M** raised across 3 rounds since 2017, from 3 sources

**$200M** Series B **$245M** Series C **$300M** Series D

- **Latest round:** Series D, $300M Nov 2021
- **Step-up i:** 1.2×
- **Investors:** 15 (1 led)

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2018 2019 2020 2021

**$200M** Series B

**$245M** Series C

**$300M** Series D

- **First round:** Series B, $200M
- **Biggest round:** $300M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.8 years

## The rounds

- **Nov 2021** Series D **$300M** *5 new* *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital) [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) Source recorded SEC filing: $300M sold, first sale Nov 2021
- **Jan 2019** Series C **$245M** *5 new* [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) [Samsung](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung) [Causeway Media Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/causeway) IVP/ aXiomatic Gaming Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $191M sold, first sale Dec 2018
- **Nov 2017** Series B **$200M** *5 new* Spark Capital/ Founders Fund Lead [Meritech Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/meritech-capital-partners) [Javelin Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/javelin-venture-partners) [NetEase](https://millionrounds.com/fund/netease) [You & Mr Jones](https://millionrounds.com/fund/you-and-mr-jones) Reported by TechCrunch SEC filing: $199M sold, first sale Nov 2017

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 3 on the team.

- **Courtney Greene Power** Executive Officer i
- **John Hanke** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Megan Quinn** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Gilman Louie* *Kenji Okubo*

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Series B** 2017 **Series C** 2019 **Series D** 2021 [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) Spark Capital/ Founders Fund L [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) [Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital) [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) [Meritech Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/meritech-capital-partners) [Javelin Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/javelin-venture-partners)

## Everyone who backed them

[Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

Spark Capital/ Founders Fund no record of our own yet **1** round, led 1

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

[Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) VC firm **1** round

[CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) VC firm **1** round

[Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) VC firm **1** round

[IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) VC firm **1** round

[Meritech Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/meritech-capital-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Javelin Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/javelin-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Samsung](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung) VC firm **1** round

[NetEase](https://millionrounds.com/fund/netease) Corporate VC **1** round

[Causeway Media Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/causeway) Growth equity **1** round

[You & Mr Jones](https://millionrounds.com/fund/you-and-mr-jones) Growth equity **1** round

IVP/ aXiomatic Gaming no record of our own yet **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=niantic).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 16 firms list Niantic as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Breyer Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/breyer-capital) Private equity Per its own site

[Toba Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toba-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[CapitalG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capitalg) Corporate VC Per its own site

[Dolby Family Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dolby-family-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Kortschak Investments L.P.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kortschak-investments-l-p) Family office Per its own site

[London Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/london-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[Air Street Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/air-street-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[NextGen Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextgen-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[M.G. Siegler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m-g-siegler) VC firm Per its own site

[You & Mr Jones Brandtech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/you-and-mr-jones-brandtech-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site

[Todd Dagres](https://millionrounds.com/fund/todd-dagres) VC firm Per its own site

[Brandtech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brandtech-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site

[Free State Forge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/free-state-forge) Angel network Per its own site

[Grays Peak Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grays-peak-capital) Asset manager Per its own site

[ID8 Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/id8-investments) VC firm Per its own site

[Juno Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/juno-capital-partners) Investment bank Per its own site

## Quick answers about Niantic

### Who invested in Niantic?

Niantic's investors include Battery Ventures, Spark Capital/ Founders Fund, Y Combinator, Founders Fund and CRV, and 10 more on record.

### How much has Niantic raised?

Niantic has raised $745M across 3 rounds since 2017.

### When did Niantic last raise?

Niantic's most recent round was a Series D of $300M in Nov 2021.

### What was Niantic's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $300M in Nov 2021, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Niantic first?

Niantic's first round on record, in Nov 2017, was backed by Spark Capital/ Founders Fund, Meritech Capital Partners and Javelin Venture Partners and 2 others.

### What stage is Niantic at?

Niantic's latest named round is a Series D, in Nov 2021.

### Where is Niantic based?

Niantic is based in the United States.

### Who led Niantic's rounds?

Spark Capital/ Founders Fund led the Series B in 2017.

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